External Resource LINKS FOR Students*

 

Scholarships & Financial Resources
Student Resources
Food Resources
Free Online Courses & Career Exploration
Health & Wellness
Resources from Our Partners
Games & Activities

 

Scholarships & Financial Resources

  • Scholly: Apply to receive $200 in cash assistance to help cover expenses during this global crisis. Application takes less than two minutes.
  • Ascend: Learn new skills by participating in short challenges each week. Through the completion of the challenges, students earn points that give them the chance to win $$$ for college scholarships.

Student Resources

  • Best Colleges: Blog post with information if you’re considering an online degree.
  • JSTOR: Free access to online journals and textbooks.
  • Internet Connectivity: Information on access to free or reduced cost internet connectivity.
  • Student Guide to Working During College: A guide from Study.com that aims to help students working during college to find a balance between their careers and education.

Food Resources

  • No Kid Hungry: Enter your address to find free, healthy meals being served by organizations in your community.
  • FoodFinder: Find free food assistance near your zip code.
  • WhyHunger: Call 1 (800) 5-HUNGRY, text your zip code to 1-800-548-6479 or go to whyhunger.org/find-food to locate a local emergency food provider and other support services.
  • 211.org: For assistance finding food, paying housing bills and other essential services dial 211 or visit 211.org.

Free Online Courses & Career Exploration

  • LinkedIn: Free LinkedIn Learning courses to help you navigate the impact of COVID-19.
  • Ivy League Online Courses: Free online courses from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.
  • Harvard: Free Harvard online courses in health and medicine, social sciences, humanities, programming, art and design and more.
  • Bank of America: Better Money Habits—financial literacy resources and courses
  • CareerVillage: Free advice from professionals.
  • Roadtrip Nation: Explore career pathways and advice.
  • C2C-U: A self-paced, online curriculum, mentorship program, and intern placement hub to help college students and recent graduates secure and succeed in paid internships on Capitol Hill.

Health & Wellness

  • Free Meditation: Headspace Meditation.
  • Vibrant: Supporting your Emotional Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Outbreak.
  • Mindful: Free list of mindfulness resources to help cope during the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • The Science of Wellbeing: Free online course that is designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits.
  •  Unbreak Yourself: College Students Guide to Ergonomics
  • Free Virtual Fitness Classes

Resources from Our Partners

  • Junior Achievement: Junior Achievement is supporting students, parents and teachers by providing access to learning experiences and resources focused on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship.
  • CoLabL: Guide with resources about virtual challenges and field trips, virtual volunteerism, online courses and career exploration, emotional wellness and support, conversation starters, and social games and activities.

Games & Activities

 

 

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